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huey long
Long was a rolling country lawyer who became governor of Louisiana in 1928 he propose against FDR at Shores of wealth plan the poorest American were promised an estate worth no less than 5,000 with yearly 2500 yearly minimum home guaranteed he wasn't able propose against FDR the new deal because he was assassinated before he could do it -
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great depression
one fourth of the labor force was out of work hourly wages dropped by 50% hundreds of ganks had failed price for agncutund products dropped there lowest level since the civil war the worst unemployment rate was in 1932 an it was 23% 13 to 15 the government instituted 4 sence of experimental projects conectively -
the stock market crash
Tariff and was dept policies that cut down the foreign market for America goods a crisis int he farm sector the availability of East credit an unequal distribution of income the stock market crash was a result of various economic imbalances and structural failing -
migrant mother
her photographs of migrant workers helped draw attention to the desperated conditions in rural America and helped to bring attention the need for direct relief -
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst reputation suffered in the 1930 as his policies/view changed in 1932 he was a major support of FDR his newspaper throughout 1933 Hearst broke with FDR in the spring of 1935 when the president vetoed that pat man bonus bill -
immigration during the depression
Tension grew towards immigrant and migrant worker both Mexican and European due to the lack of jobs and dust bowl after a certain amount of time during the depression us stopped allowing immigration into the country the police stopped deporting Mexicans and Europeans immigrants and some rare occasions farmers in the south we're deported because they were mistaken immigration -
20th amendment
the cause was forlame duck sessiens lame duck session of congress in the united occurs whenever one pres meets after is elected what each amendment did it change where both president couldn't be in the same building -
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new deal
rossevelt blamed the bankers selfishness + financier for current crisis rossevelt posed through legislation which is hard in less critical times all the important bills submilted in these 1st 100 days rossevelt explain these new deal measures -
21st amendment
in 1933 the 21st amendment to the constitution was passed and ratified ending national prohibition after the repeal of the 18th amendment some states continued prohibition by maintaining statewide temperance laws -
francis townsend
dr.francis was a physician who devised the townsend plan the plan promised to end the great depression by opening up jobs for younger workers while forcing seniors to spend money in the consler economy adoped a version of the townsend plan when the social security program was greated -
agriculture adjustment act
It's purpose was to help farmers by reducing production of staple crops taxes forced farmers to cut amounts they marked the government even paid for farmers not to grow crops so prices would not go off and help land -
Tennessee Valley authority
Part of the 3 R built 21 government owned dams along the river controlled floods produced electricity some feared it as a,form of socialism -
judicial procedures reform bill
to obtain favorable ruling regarding new deal legislation add more justices to the us supreme court the congress saw it as unconstitutional he stepped pass presidential power and did not follow check and balance -
dust bowl
natural causes droughts every so often heavy winds human causes tilling the great plain cutting the grasses corving the top siol and tabooing underground water supplies money was tight people lost these lords due to not being able to pay the bank crops did not grow in central am men became discouraged they abandoned their familes wome canned food and sewed clothes to support their familes